Day 33 - The Presentation of our Lord to the Temple

Read | Day 33 | Monday | February 2 | Exodus 4:18 - 7:13

Dates | 1446 or 1280 BC

Reading | Moses takes his family to Egypt; God says Moses will perform miracles and wonders but the King will not negotiate; Aaron is called by God to be with Moses; They speak to the elders of Israel; Moses and Aaron speak to the King; King increases the hardship to Hebrew slaves; Moses asks God, "Why?" , God says, "I am the God of your ancestors, I will be their liberator."; genealogy of Moses and Aaron; Aaron's staff becomes a snake - Moses was 80, Aaron 83. King would not let the people go.

Source | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 | Click here | pp. 125 - 128

Next | Day 34 | Tuesday | February 3 | Exodus 7:14 - 9:35
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Celebration of the Presentation of our Lord

Malachi 3:1-4 
Hebrews 2:14-18 
Luke 2:22-40 
Psalm 84 or
Psalm 24:7-10

Luke 2:22-40

When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord"), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying,

"Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace,

according to your word;

for my eyes have seen your salvation,

which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

a light for revelation to the Gentiles

and for glory to your people Israel."

And the child's father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed-- and a sword will pierce your own soul too."
There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.



Almighty and everliving God, we humbly pray that, as your only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts by Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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